Strats & Modeling applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Strats & Modeling roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Morgan Stanley overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Morgan Stanley as a Strats & Modeling according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 44%
Phone interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
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It is a quant financial exam, which is 60 min in length. Four parts: math, finance, math finance, programming. No calculators. You cannot take the exam again if you have taken the exam within the last six months.
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I remember there are some questions about conditional probability. Not too difficult, take it easy.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley
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Got a phone interview. Told me it's informational but instead it's pretty technical. Asked many finance questions and dug deeper into each question to test the limit of my knowledge. Asked about the 2008 financial crisis, what caused it and why. Asked a math question at the end. The interviewer is very nice and polite.
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Asked to prove that a number is rational if and only if its decimal expansion is in a repeating pattern.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY)
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A written test, including stochastic calculus, option theory, fixed income, probability and coding. Hard to finish all in just an hour. Better complete all questions you know then focus on more difficult ones.
First-round interview with different teams, including resume question and probability. A lot of use of conditional probability, similar to brain teasers.
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Approximate the possibility of a binomial distribution.